Historical facts in Jane Eyre and A Room with a View

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From what years did the Chartist's movement take place?
1808-1857
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At what three dates was support for the chartist movement highest?
1816, 1822 and 1848
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How many reforms and for what did the Chartist's call for?
6 reforms to make society more democratic
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Where did European revolutions spread to in 1848 (April)?
Italy, France, Germany, Austrian Empire
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What did the Quarterly Review denounce JE as in December of 1848?
A fundamentally unchristian book
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What did women not have or not have rights for during JE's time period of the Victorian era, 1837-1901)?
No existence in law and (under common law) no property or divorce rights. Women couldn't vote or enter university
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Who stood as a candidate for lectionaries in Paris when Jane Eyre?
George Sand
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When as Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist written (which exposed the barbarities of the post-poor law workhouses)?
1838
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What religion was Charlotte Bronte?
Anglican and Conservative
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What did people believe Bronte to be?
A revolutionist, a chartist
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What was the the thought that women should be like in the Victorian era?
That women should stay at home and look after children
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What was it a sin to be?
Proud
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What system was prominent in Victorian society?
Class system
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What important event happened in 1908 in Hyde Park?
'Voters for women' rally
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Who becomes prime Minister in 1908?
H.H.Asquith who was liberal in rule
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Who died and who became King in 1910?
Edward 7th dies and George 5th reigns (until 1936)
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What date were the suffragettes active?
1912
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When did WW1 begin?
1914
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What other two events took place in 1914 then 1916?
In 1914 another liberal becomes Prime Minister and in 1916 there were Easter risings in Dublin
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What date was the Treaty of Versailles made?
1919
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What date did E.M. Forster write Where Angels Fear to Tread?
1905
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In what year does Forster write Howard's End?
1910
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In what year did Victoria die?
1901 (Edward 7th reigns)
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When is A Room with a view published?
1908, during the Edwardian era
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At what three dates was support for the chartist movement highest?

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1816, 1822 and 1848

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How many reforms and for what did the Chartist's call for?

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Where did European revolutions spread to in 1848 (April)?

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What did the Quarterly Review denounce JE as in December of 1848?

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